It’s a World Cup of fraud. Fifa is trapped in deep rooted corruption
charges. $150 million (Rs 959 crore) paid in bribes and kickbacks in exchange
for favours. Swiss police arrested seven senior Fifa officials in a raid in
Zurich. The action came ahead of Sepp Blatter’s re-election as president.....
This is a World Cup of fraud. The seven
officials who have been indicted for allegedly taking huge bribes to grant
favours are: Jeffery Webb, Fifa vice-president, Eugenio Figueredo, Fifa
vice-president, Jack Warner, Ex-Fifa vice-president, Rafael Esquivel, South
America EC member, Eduardo Li, Fifa EC member, Jose Maria Marin, Olympic Games
Incharge and Nicolas Leoz.
Two Fifa vice-presidents were
among seven people arrested at a luxury Zurich hotel. They face deportation to
the US on the charges of accepting more than $150 million in bribes, allegedly
paid by US and South American sports marketing executives to obtain lucrative
media and marketing rights to international tournaments. The two Fifa
vice-presidents are Jeffery Webb, from Cayman Islands, and Eugenio Figueredo
from Uruguay.
‘To date, more than $151 million
(in kickbacks and bribes) has been identified. We exposed complex money
laundering schemes and discovered tens of millions of dollars hidden away in offshore
accounts. This is the World Cup of fraud and today we are issuing a Fifa a red
card,’ Richard Weber, Chief, US Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation.
The US, which has launched a
corruption probe, said nine football officials among fourteen face up to 20 years
in jail if found guilty. And Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings over
mismanagement and money laundering related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022
World Cups to Russia and Qatar. Swiss police raided the Fifa headquarters in
Zurich and FBI searched the Concacaf (Confederation of North, Central America
and Caribbean Association Football) headquarters in Miami.
The 2010 Fifa vote for Cup venues
has been surrounded by widespread allegations of fraud, although Fifa has
rejected calls to change the venues. The 2022 World Cup has been the subject of
hot controversy from the moment Qatar was given the nod by Fifa in 2010 to host
the event, with nine Fifa officials arrested on Wednesday, 27 May, police raids
in Zurich and Miami over corruption charges. ‘The indictment alleges corruption
that is rampant, systemic, and deep rooted, both abroad and here in the United
States,’ said attorney-general Loretta Lynch.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter is a
master of getting out from tight corners and he has every intention of pulling
off another great escape by sealing a fifth term as the president. Will Sepp
Blatter still be elected as Fifa president? Could Qatar or Russia be stripped
of the World Cup?
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